Salammbô
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Salammbô is an 1862 historical novel by Gustave Flaubert. It is set in Carthage immediately before and during the Mercenary War. Flaubert's principal source was Book I of the Histories, written by the
Title page of Salammbô by Gustave Flaubert
Salammbô by Alfons Mucha (1896)
Salammbô, Gaston Bussière (1907)
Salammbô by Auguste Rodin
Moloch
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Moloch, Molech, or Molek is a word which appears in the Hebrew Bible several times, primarily in the Book of Leviticus. The Greek Septuagint translates many of these instances as "their king", but mai
Salammbô
…city with the mercenaries in pursuit. Spendius cuts off the water supply to Carthage. Chapter 13. "Moloch". Carthaginian children are sacrificed to Moloch. Hamilcar disguises a slave-child as his son Hannibal and sends him to die in his son's place. Chapter 14. "The Defile of the Axe". The drought is…
''Offering to Molech'' in Bible Pictures and What They Teach Us, by Charles Foster, 1897. The drawing is typical of Moloch depictions in nineteenth-century illustrations.
Artist's view of a sacrifice to Moloch in Bible Pictures with brief descriptions by Charles Foster, 1897
Tombs in the Valley of Hinnom, the location of the tophet, just outside the city of ancient Jerusalem, where Moloch rituals were performed according to 2 Kings 23:10
Stelas from the Tophet in Carthage, where mlk sacrifices or rituals are attested via inscription